Golf-tee.



o. II. VEGELY.

G'OLF TEE,

APPLICATION FILED AuG.II.I9I1.

1,251,944. patentada@ 1,1918.

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I and the ends of the stri OLIVER B. VEGELY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

GOLF-TEE.

Speoication of Letters Patent.

.Patented Jan. 1, 1918.

Application filed August 11, 1917.A Serial No. 185,752.

To all whom t may concer/n,.-

Be it known that I, OLIVER R. VEGELI, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Im rovements in Golf-Tees, of which thefollowlng is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings.

This invention relates to golf tees, and particularly to that class oftees which are intended to be carried in the pocket of the player andused from time to time as circumstances require.

The general .object of the invention is to provide a very simple tee,which may be cheaply made, which is easily carried, and which isentirely efective for the purpose intended.

Other objects will appear in the courseof the following descriptlon.

My invention is illustrated'in the accompanying drawings, wherein igure1 is aperspective view of a pair of my improved tees; and

Fig. 2 1s a vertical sectional View throughl one of the tees showing thegolf ball in place thereon. J As will be seen byl the' drawing, myimproved tee consists of a strip of relatively thick felt, or likematerial, which is desi nated 10, this strip being folded upon itse fbeing connected to each other preferably y means of a slip knot .1,1,formed' in a cord or tape 12. This cord or tape is preferably double`and preferably attached to the opposite end of this flexible connectionformed by the cord or tape is another tee 10 of the same character-Vmately in the sha e shown on the ri en the teejis'to e used,-

as the first one. Odinaril and when not in use, these tees 10 will be atand a proxithand side of Fig. 1. however, the end ofthe tee opposite thejoined extremities thereof is 'forced inward l so as to laterally expandthe tee and in this position it may be readily set upon the ground andwill support the ball as shown in Fig. 2. The tee is, of course, .usedin the ordinary manner and because of its lightness it will ily but ashort distance if it be struck by the club and therefore requires noanchor as do` many forms of tees. It will b e seen that if a tee becomesworn, it may be very readily removed and a new. tee fastened to the tape12. lThe tees may be very cheal made and are thoroughlyjelfective.

W ile I have referred to felt as being the material of which the tee ismade,it lis obvious that other materials having a certain amount ofstiffness may be used.

Having `described my invention, what I cla-im is 1. As an article of maufacture, a, golfl tee formed of a strip o relatively thick fibrousmaterial bent upon itself and having its ends connected.

2. As an article of manufacture, a golf tee formed of a strip of feltfolded upon itself and having its ends connected.

3. As an'article of manufacture, a golf tee comprism a strip of flexiblerelatively heavy materia folded upon itself,and a tape f.

detachably engaging theendsnf the'folded strip.

4. As an article of manufacture, a. pair of conjoined tees, eachconsisting of a strip of flexible relativel Yheavy fibrous materialfolded'upon itsel and a double tape having slip knots formed at itsends, these slip knots engaging with each of said tees and holdingA theextremities of the strips together.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aii'x my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

A OLIVER R. VEGELY. Witnesses: .Hormon M. COOLING,

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